The Lamb and the 144,000
AND I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on mount Zion, and with Him a hundred and forty four thousand, having His Father’s name written upon their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the sound of many waters, and as the sound of a great thunder: and I heard the sound of harpers, playing their harps;
3 And they sung, as it were, a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song, except the hundred and forty four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are those which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are those which follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
5 And in their mouth was found no deceit: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
The First Angel
6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the eternal gospel to proclaim to those that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7 Saying with a loud voice: “Fear God, and give Him glory; for the hour of His judgment has come: and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
The Second Angel
8 And there followed another angel, saying: “Fallen, fallen, is Babylon, that great city: because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath, of her sexual immorality.”
The Third Angel
9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice: “If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark upon his forehead, or upon his hand:
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out undiluted into the cup of His indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 And the smoke of their torment ascends up forever and ever: and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receives the mark of his name.”
Call for Endurance of the Holy
12 Here is the steadfastness of the holy people: here are those that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me: “Write: Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from now on“; “Yes”, saith the Spirit: “That they may rest from their labours; and their works shall follow them.”
Reaping the Harvest of the Earth
14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat likened to the Son of man: having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle.
15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him that sat on the cloud: “Thrust in your sickle, and reap: for the time has come, for you to reap: for the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
16 And He that sat on the cloud, thrust His sickle upon the earth; and the earth was harvested.
The Winepress of God’s Wrath
17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had authority over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying: “Thrust in your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even up to the horses bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred stadia.